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THE 
BALTIMORE BOOK 

A Resume of the Commercial, Industrial and Financial Resources, 
Municipal Activities and General Development 

of the City of Baltimore 3 "1 

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Published by 

THE MUNICIPALITY 




Issued at the Instance of 

HON. JAMES H. PRESTON, Mayor 
by 
WILBUR F. COYLE. City Librarian 
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SUMMERS PRINTING CO. 
BALTIMORE, MD. 



COPYRIGHT, 1912 

BY THE 

^lAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL 

OF BALTIMORE 




BALTIMORE IN 1752 





Boai Lake, Druid Hill Park 



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EXPLANATORY 

HIS book is written in response to the demand for 
accurate information concernmg Baltimore, its re- 
: sources, its general development, and its municipal 
activities. 



The Baltimore Book is published by the Municipality. It 
has no private purpose to serve. It deals primarily with the 
Baltimore of TODAY. 

Baltimore reveres her traditions, is proud of her history, 
glories in her honored past, but Baltimore, rich in all these price- 
less blessings, has been very practical and has given much 
thought, much aggressive energy, to the solution of the material 
problems that confront her as an important member of the 
Great Family of American Municipalities. 

What Baltimore is and what Baltimore is doing are herein 
presented as eloquent and convincing facts. The case is rested 
without argument. 

The development of Baltimore along industrial, commercial, 
governmental, financial and all civic lines, during recent years, 
has been extraordinary. Imagination plays no part in that 
statement. 

Baltimore, as far as the memory of man runneth, has always 
been big. It started with all the natural prerequisites of a great 
city. But Baltimore is not only big. It is bigger than ever; 
not only bigger, but better. This is not a vain boast. A few 
cities are bigger than Baltimore; find a better one. Baltimore 
has been bountifully endowed by nature, and nature is being 
assisted by those most skilled in civic development. The fol- 
lowing pages will tell how. That is the STORY. 





CITY GOVERNMENT OF BALTIMORE 
WHAT IT IS DOING 

A resume of great projects underway; The $20,000,000.00 

Sewerage System; Repaving the City; Civic Centre; Colossal 

Municipal Docks; Factory Site Commission; Splendid 

Parks; Sanitary Regulations; Health, Fire 

and Police Departments; Public 

Schools; Free Baths, etc. 

HE Municipal Government of Baltimore is alert, 
creative and constructive. It is not sufficient to say 
that the administration is in sympathy with the great 
forward movement in this City. It is an inspiring 
part of the movement. Loyally supported and encouraged by 
citizens in all walks of life, it is engaged in a systematic scheme 
of modernization and beautification, and is pursuing a masterful 
constructive policy. It is a policy that does not balk at ob- 
stacles. An obstacle is something to be overcome; that's all. 

Since 1 904, when the heart of Baltimore was burned out, 
when smoldering ashes and hideous debris stretched over 1 40 
acres, Baltimore has been building, and building big. The 
great disaster was turned into opportunity. The loss, approxi- 
mately $125,000,000, was a staggering blow. No effort is 
made to minimize this fact, but it was a blow that awoke the 
fighting spirit. It was not a knockout. 

At this crisis, what did the City Government do? 




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It refused all outside aid; declined it courteously and with 
grateful thanks, for stricken Baltimore was very grateful. It 
wasn't false pride that impelled Robert M. McLane, then 
Mayor, to take this stand. He voiced the sentiment of the 
community when he notified the world that Baltimore would 
take care of its own, and would rebuild through its own effort. 
Before he could get this on the wires $60,000 had actually 
been received, and "draw on us" telegrams brought the amount 
up to $200,000. Every cent went back, but the generous 
sentiment which prompted the givers will always be treasured. 
The whole world seemed eager to hasten to the aid of Balti- 
more. Hundreds of messages were received. 

The City had just sold its interest in the Western Maryland 
Railroad for $8,751,000. Upward of $4,500,000 of this 
fund was immediately used for public improvements and the 
rehabilitation of the burned area. 

A Burnt District Commission was created. It widened 
streets; it reduced grades. Baltimoreans built; they built wisely 
and built well. Old picturesque Baltimore had been partly 
wiped out by the fire, but before the flames were extinguished at 
one end of the district a new Baltimore was springing up at the 
other. Those who saw the City in the throes of devastation 
wonder at the metamorphosis presented today. It is simply 
marvelous. Following the work of the Burnt District Com- 
mission other millions were spent according to a definite plan 
of City development. So much for the immediate past. 

What is the City Government doing today ? 

It is building the finest sanitary Sewerage system in the 
world, and has $20,000,000 for this purpose. 

It has spent $6, 1 61 ,000 on its magnificent Municipal docks, 
and has available $5,000,000 more for the enlargement of the 
system, which includes a recreation pier. 

It is grappling the paving problem, and a Commission is now 




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engaged in a general paving plan for the entire City. The 
Commission has a working capital of $5,000,000. 

Aside from the above, $2,000,000 has been recently spent 
in street development in the "ANNEX" (northern and western 
extremities), and it is proposed to add to this amount $2,500,- 
000 more. Twenty-seven miles of streets have lately been 
paved in this section. 

Forty miles of Baltimore streets will be paved in 1912. 

There is a special fund of $1,500,000 for additional public 
school buildings. 

Also a pending loan of $1,000,000 for the construction and 
improvement of Police Department buildings. 

For the enlargement of Baltimore's water supply, $5,000,- 
000 is available. 

A high pressure water pipe line has been laid through the 
business section at a cost of $1,000,000. This is a very im- 
portant addition to Baltimore's fire-fighting equipment, and 
materially reduces the cost of fire insurance. 

Three hundred and forty thousand dollars has recently been 
expended for additional apparatus and buildings for the Fire 
Department, exclusive of the sum appropriated annually for its 
maintenance. 

By means of an electric conduit system, overhead telephone, 
telegraph and electric wires have been placed under ground ; 
$1,000,000 has been spent for this purpose and $1,000,000 
more is available for a continuation of the work. 

There are hundreds of other things which the City Govern- 
ment is doing. In matters of municipal routine it is kept right 
to the notch. Departments are "keyed up" as are those of 
great private enterprises, and the whole organization is working 
m systematic harmony. Baltimore is not only enjoymg a busi- 
ness administration, but a progressive business administration. 

The following pages will describe concisely some of the 
projects in which it is engaged. 

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A GREAT SEWERAGE SYSTEM 

Baltimore is spending $20,000,000 on its Sewerage system. 
The work was begun in 1905 and will be completed by 1914. 
One section is already m operation, and when it is entirely fin- 
ished the City will have the most modern plant in the world. 
The system represents the most advanced ideas in the solution 
of this great Municipal problem. 

It is impossible to realize the magnitude of the work or the 
diversified engineering problems that are bemg solved every day 
unless one takes the time to visit in person some of the construc- 
tion work being carried on in various parts of the city. The 
work is most interesting because of its complications. 

On account of the requirement of the Legislative Act, that 
all sewage must be purified before being discharged, it became 
necessary to keep the storm-water separate from the sanitary 
sewage, allowing the former to discharge through its own system 
of drains into the nearest natural outlet. The sanitary sewage 
will be carried to the disposal plant and purified. The sewage, 
by bacterial treatment, becomes 95 per cent. pure. 

Two-thirds of the sanitary sewage of the City will flow by 
gravity to the disposal plant on Back River, about six miles 
distant. The other third will be pumped through huge iron 
force-mains to the outfall sewer, a height of 12 feet, from 
which point it also will flow by gravity to the disposal plant. 
The pumping station building is now completed and equipped 
with three engines, having a pumping capacity of 27,500,000 
gallons a day. The station has been designed ultimately to 
house five of these enormous pumps, the additional two to be 
installed later. 

The difficulties of the work are doubled because of the neces- 
sity of constructing two systems of sewers and drains, which 
cross and recross each other in a thousand places. In some 
cases two large sewers of the different systems come together 

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on the same level. This necessitates the siphoning of one be- 
neath the other, and in one instance this has necessitated the 
construction of one of the largest siphons in the world. 

The purified sewage, discharged from the disposal plant, 
in flowing to its outlet operates turbines. These run dynamos, 
which produce current for lighting the plant at practically no 
cost. 




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BALTIMORE'S WATER SUPPLY 
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BALTIMORE'S WATER SUPPLY 

The City has about $15,000,000 invested in its water- 
works system, and an additional $5,000,000 was recently 
voted for a gigantic impounding and storage reservoir and filtra- 
tion works. These will be immediately constructed to meet the 
demands of the rapidly growing City. 

The supply comes from two sources, the Gunpowder River, 
which has a daily flow of 1 70,000,000 gallons, and Jones 
Falls, with 35,000,000 gallons. There are two impounding 
reservoirs, one at Loch Raven, on the Gunpowder, the other at 
Lake Roland on Jones Falls, with a capacity of 5 1 0,000,000 
and 400,000,000 gallons, respectively. The system has seven 
storage reservoirs with a total capacity of 1,488,875,000 gal- 
lons. There are also two stand pipes with a capacity each of 
300,000 gallons. The Water Department's income is derived 
from water rents. 





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Loch Raven Reservoir 



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THE CIVIC CENTRE — JONES' FALLS HIGHWAY 

How the City will be developed along beautiful 
and practical lines 

HOSE charged with the administration of the City 
Government have given much thought to the future. 
What is done is done on a large scale. Every suc- 
ceeding day finds the City a bigger, better, busier 
Baltimore, and improvements are made with a comprehensive 
idea of the demands of the future. They are, as nearly as 
human calculation can make them, for all time. 

The development now going on is in accordance with a pre- 
conceived plan of city building. Certain details are in charge 
of a Commission on City Plan. One of the most important 
features is the covering of the stream, Jones Falls, which now 
winds its way through the center of the City. The flow will be 
taken care of by an inclosed sewer, upon the top of which will 
be a highway of a minimum width of 75 feet. This drive will 
provide a direct highway on an easy grade running diagonally 
across the City from the docks to the railroad terminals. This 
great improvement is a part of an elaborate and connected 
scheme of future development, the main feature of which is a 
Civic Center to the east of the City Hall. To the west, form- 
ing a part of the general plan, are the Postoffice and Baltimore's 
three-million-dollar Courthouse. The beautiful frontispiece 
gives a comprehensive idea of the magnitude of the Civic Center 
proposition. 




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BALTIMORE'S MUNICIPAL DOCKS-NOT A 
PRIVATE MONOPOLY 

The Municipal docks of Baltimore are not mere ornaments. 
They are not solely colossal specimens of engineering skill. They 
are for use. When the City put acres of land under water, 
and spent its millions, its object was, and is, to provide the best 
maritime terminals that could be built. These docks may be 
leased by any responsible parties for 36 cents a square foot per 
year. Those who have not seen these great marine stations 
have little idea of their magnitude, and it is important to remem- 
ber that they are not a private monopoly, and are not controlled 
by private parties to selfish ends. The City of Baltimore 
OWNS them and throws them open to the commerce of the 
world. Those who would enter the shipping business here have 
the first and most vexatious problem — namely, terminal facili- 
ties — solved in advance. Magnificent docks are available. 

Prior to the fire of 1 904 the City owned little wharf 
property of importance. The fire made it possible to acquire 
all of the burned district fronting on the harbor (about 4000 
lineal feet) . The City purchased the property, removed all 
buildings, streets, etc., and laid out a system of public wharves 
and docks extending south from Pratt street. These are 
situated in the upper harbor and are intended for the coastwise 
and bay trade. The transatlantic steamers, at present, find 
ample accommodations at the railroad piers in the lower harbor. 

Pier 4, at the foot of Market Place, is 150 feet wide. 
Along Market Place the City has erected three handsome, 
commodious buildings, a retail market, a fish market and a 
wholesale market, and all within a stone's throw of Pier 4, 
set apart for the use of the market boats. 



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TUB BALTIMORE BOOK 

. MUNICIPAL FACTORY SITE COMMISSION 

HE City Government has a specially organized de- 
partment that handles all industrial problems. It is 
a public agency created for the purpose of promoting 
any movement that has for its end the development or 
enlargement of Baltimore's industrial activities. 

It is a department of the City Government; supported by the 
City Government. There are no charges, costs nor fees con- 
nected vv^ith its work. 

Any service performed by the department or any information 
given by the department is absolutely free of any financial bur- 
den to the person who seeks its aid or takes advantage of its 
co-operation. 

If you want to know anything about the business possibilities 
of Baltimore; if you want to get in touch with the City's finan- 
cial interests; if you want to know what factory sites are in the 
market ; in fact, if you want to know anything at all about any 
phase of the industrial affairs of the City or any of the problems 
incident thereto — communicate with the Municipal Factory Site 
Commission, City Hall. 

You will find it ready to give help in any particular or in 
any direction whatsoever. 

The Commission is organized on a basis that puts it in touch 
with all the different business interests in Baltimore. 

It is composed of a member of the Chamber of Commerce; 
a member of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association; 
a member of the Travelers and Merchants' Association ; a mem- 
ber of the Old Town Merchants and Manufacturers' Associa- 
tion; a member of the Federation of Labor; a member of the 
Builders' Exchange; a member of the Real Estate Exchange; 
a representative of the Pennsylvania Railroad; a representative 
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; a representative of the 
Western Maryland Railroad. 

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The Commission has a finely developed system under which 
a wide range of factory sites is listed. Real estate dealers, as 
well as prospective manufacturers, are constantly referring to 
the Commission's list whenever they have inquiries for industrial 
property. Property owners and property agents are all hasten- 
ing to have their property listed on the Commission's books. 

The City itself controls about one hundred and seventy 
acres of water-front territory with direct railroad connections. 

It is also in touch with a combination of magnificent build- 
ings which have been converted into "beehive industrial colo- 
nies." All of the most modern appliances, power and other 
manufacturing advantages are readily available on attractive 
terms. These buildings are situated near the junction of two 
railroads. 

The Factory Site Commission will put any one in touch with 
any of the above propositions. 

It is also prepared to give information desired relative to 
local Municipal matters, so far as they bear on business affairs; 
or data about labor conditions; or transportation facilities; or 
shipping advantages; or general subjects that will throw light 
on the Baltimore business situation. 




Harbor^ North Side 



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SCENES IN DRUID HILL PARK 
Madison Ave. Entrance Columbus Monument and Lake Drive Boat Lake 





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PARKS OF BALTIMORE 

ALTIMORE has a splendid system of parks. These 
are one of the features of the City. The reservations 
are, or will be, all connected; that is, they may be 
reached one from the other by especially constructed 
boulevards, the whole system being generally referred to as 
"Baltimore's chain of parks." 

The City for years has been blessed with an abundance of 
park area, but very recently large sections of the suburbs, north 
and west, were acquired, which added many acres of beautiful 
and picturesque territory. In making these purchases Baltimore 
looked far into the future. 

The topography of the country in some instances is almost 
mountainous, with beautiful streams winding in and out, the 
scene retaining much of its natural environment. 

Druid Hill is Baltimore's largest park. It is famous, for 
among the parks of the country it is unequaled in natural beauty. 
It was purchased in 1 860, and has an area of nearly 700 
acres. 

The rugged scenery of Gwynn's Falls Park, a recent acquisi- 
tion, through which flows the stream Gwynn's Falls, at times 
rushing like a torrent, arises to challenge Druid Hill's claim to 
pre-eminent beauty. Here nature's handiwork is sublime. 

As has been stated, the scheme of park development em- 
braces as one of its important features broad boulevards, which 
represent the most advanced ideas and skill in highway con- 
struction. 

The parks play an important part in City life, and in their 
administration and management are kept "abreast of the times." 
Many have swimming pools, which are enjoyed by thousands, 
and from which graduate each year scores of youthful expert 
swimmers. There are playgrounds for the tots, and these 
especial reservations are under the direction of the Playground 
Association, which has a professional instructor or teacher in 
attendance. All the parks are supplied with baseball grounds, 
tennis courts and other facilities for healthy sport. 

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SCENES IN BALTIMORE'S MAGNIFICENT PARKS 

The Old Johns Hopkins Mansion — Clifton Park View in Riverside Park 

Swimming Pool in Patterson Park View in Carroll Park 




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The parks are not supported by direct taxation, but from the 
receipts of the street railways, 9 per cent, of the gross receipts 

being deducted therefrom for this purpose. The fund thus 

raised, which is increasing yearly at the rate of 6 per cent., can- 
not be diverted from the parks. 

This amounts to approximately $495,600 annually, which, 

with other sources of revenue, brings the total available for park 

purposes to $502,500 as a regular yearly expenditure, exclusive 
of any loan for park improvement and enlargement. 

The parks and squares of Baltimore are as follows: 

Acquired. Acreage. 

Mt. Vernon Squares (2) 1815 1.4 

Washington Place Squares (2) 1815 .9 

Eastern City Spring Square 1818 1.3 

Patterson Park 1827 128.44 

Franklin Square 1839 2.3 

Jackson Square 1844 .6 

Union Square 1847 2.0 

Broadway Squares (19) 1851 5.7 

Ashland Square 1851 .01 

Madison Square 1853 3.4 

Eutaw Place Squares (9) 1 853 5.6 

Lafayette Square 1 859 2.9 

Druid Hill Park 1860 674.16 

Park Place Squares (5) 1860 1.7 

Riverside Park 1862 17.2 

Fulton Avenue Squares (17) 1866 4.0 

Harlem Park 1869 9.05 

Wilkens Avenue Squares (7) 1870 1 .6 

Perkins Spring Square 1 873 1 .5 

Mt. Royal Squares (7) 1874 2.0 

Johnston Square 1877 2.5 

Federal Hill Park 1879 8.2 

Coilingtcn Square 1 880 5.0 

Liberty Triangle 1880 .02 

Taney Place Squares (2) 1881 .8 

Mt. Royal Terraces (3) 1884 2.0 

Carroll Park 1890 176.74 

Bollon Park (Mt. Royal Station) 1891 3.52 

Frick Triangle 1892 .05 

Brewer Square 1 892 .39 

Bo-Lin Square 1893 .23 

Maple Place 1893 .07 

Clifton Park 1895 267.26 

Linden Avenue Triangle 1895 .01 

Green Spring Avenue 1896 25.5 

Callow Triangle 1898 .03 

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PARKS — continued Acquired 

Gwynn's Falls Park 1902 

Latrobe Park 1902 

Swann Park 1902 

Wyman Park 1903 

Fifth Regiment Armory 1 904 

City College Lot 1904 

Riggs Triangle 1 905 

Venable Park 1907 

Ashburton Park (including Reservoir) 1907 

Herring Run Park 1908 

Charles Street Boulevard 1908 



Total Park acreage. 



Acreage 

374.19 

13.80 

11.31 

198.39 

.25 

.14 

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60.81 

92.65 

1 54.00 

2.28 

2.266.22 




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BALTIMORE A HEALTHY CITY 




B"" '~ ALTIMORE is naturally an unusually healthy City, 
but nature has an ally in the form of a Department of 
Health, which for effective work and successful results 
is second to none. The Health Department of Balti- 
more is regarded as a model. It wages its warfare with thor- 
oughly modern and scientific methods. "Nip in the bud" is its 
slogan. With the combination — nature, vigilance and science 
enlisted on the side of health, pestilence and epidemic are un- 
known. This is all the more gratifying when it is recalled that 
Baltimore is an immigrant port. To fight against the importa- 
tion of disease there are very strict regulations. The Quarantine 
Station, connected with the Health Department, is some distance 
from the City, and all incommg vessels are boarded and must 
be given a clean bill of health by a medical officer representing 
the Municipality before they are allowed to proceed. 

Exceptional measures to combat tuberculosis are applied, 
and a corps of vigilant nurses is constantly working through- 
out the City with this object in view. These efforts have been 
crowned with the most gratifying results. In fact, the State, 
City and private organizations are rendering splendid service in 
the prevention of tuberculosis. There is in operation a Munici- 
pal hospital, Sydenham, for the treatment of infectious diseases. 
Exceptionally effective laws are enforced in the interest of sani- 
tation. Inspectors pass upon edibles offered for sale to determine 
whether they are fit for consumption. If not, they are destroyed 
summarily. There is also a regulation which prescribes the 
quality of milk that may be sold, and inspectors with facilities 
for making tests are constantly at work. 

A department for the treatment of rabies or hydrophobia is 
connected with one of the hospitals. Nearly all cases of this 
dread disease brought to this hospital are successfully treated. 



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BALTIMORE'S PUBLIC BATHS 
A Typical Bathhouse Swimming Pool — Patterson Park 



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BALTIMORE PUBLIC BATHS 

The Public Baths ot Baltimore represent one of the chief 
agencies in the City for the promotion of health and cleanliness. 
The system provides for cleansing baths, which are open all 
the year round m congested City districts, and recreative swim- 
ming pools, open during the summer. 

There are live indoor cleansing baths, which contain 200 
cabins and accommodate 500,000 patrons annually, erected at 
a cost of $125,000. 

There are also five recreative swimming baths in parks and 
on the river front, which have 225,000 patrons annually. 
Four portable baths (which scheme originated in Baltimore) 
are small houses carried from one street corner to another in 
crowded sections. They afford hot and cold water shower 
baths to over 75,000 persons yearly. 

Two recreative centers in public parks are also equipped 
with shower and swimming baths. The annual coct to the City 
for maintenance of the entire Public Bath System is about 
$40,000. 







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EASTERN FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL 



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PUBLIC SCHOOLS 

In providing educational facilities for children most liberal 
provision is made, and a compulsory educational law is strictly 
enforced. The schools are of exceptionally high standard. 
There is the kindergarten for the very young, and night schools 
for those who have advanced in years but not correspondmgly 
in intellectual development. The course of public school train- 
ing terminates with graduation from the City College, Poly- 
technic Institute or the Girls' High Schools. 

Teachers entering the educational service are not only re- 
quired to be proficient along general lines, but they must take a 
special course of training. 

There are 90,000 pupils in the public schools of Baltimore, 
1 800 teachers and I 30 schools of various grades. 




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FIRE DEPARTMENT 

Baltimore's Fire Department has been officially declared by 
experts to be one of the most thorough in the United States. 
It has all known mechanical devices for fighting fires. 

The high pressure pipe line, which has just been extended 
over an area of 1 70 acres in the business district, is the latest 
device and the most modern auxiliary of the fire-fighting estab- 
lishment of the City. 

The pipe line system consists of three powerful pumps, 
which force water through large pipes at tremendous pressure. 
These pipes are, of course, all underground, but are tapped at 
intervals of 1 70 feet and connected with hydrants that bring 
the water to the surface. The hydrants, which are depressed 
below the sidewalk and protected by covers that can be easily 
removed, are systematically placed through the "down-town" 
district. There are at present 226 hydrants, and the number 
will be increased as the system is extended. Water, under 
great pressure, may be thrown in or against a building by 
means of various nozzle devices connected directly to the 
hydrants or with hose especially adapted to pipe line service. 

Baltimore has spent $1 ,000,000 on its pipe line. Insurance 
rates m the area protected by the service have geen greatly 
reduced. 

The personnel of the Fire Department is of the highest type. 
Recruits must pass an examination, mental and physical, before 
entering, and the training which they subsequently receive makes 
them exceptionally fit for their exacting duties. 

The department consists of 38 engine companies, 1 7 hook 
and ladders, two fire boats, two water towers, two automobile 
hose wagons, automobiles for the chief and deputies. The 
force numbers 85 1 men. 



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POLICE DEPARTMENT 

The Police Department of Baltimore consists of 1052 per- 
sons, all told, from Commissioners to station-house matrons. 
The department, though supported by the City of Baltimore, 
is under the direction of a board appointed by the Governor 
of the State. 

The department is splendidly disciplined, and its administra- 
tion is along thoroughly modern lines. There are "traffic offi- 
cers" stationed at all points where traffic is congested. Their 
duty is to "keep things moving." These officers have large 
powers. They may summarily arrest any who show a disposi- 
tion not to obey to the letter the very exacting traffic laws. The 
officer keeps vehicles and cars "on the move" or stops them by 
whistle signals. In this way the problem is solved to the best 
advantage. The immovable "jam" that formerly occurred on 
down-town streets is now absent. Cars, great motor vans, auto- 
mobiles and the collection of miscellaneous vehicles that crowd 
the thoroughfares pass along without confusion and unnecessary 
delay. 

Aside from the traffic squad there are motorcycle men and 
automobile patrol wagons ; a harbor patrol, which uses a small 
steamer, and a gasoline launch. 

Police Headquarters are at the Courthouse. Here the Police 
Board, the Marshal and the detectives are located. 

There are eight stations through the City. A magistrate at 
each disposes of minor cases. Children are sent to the Juvenile 
Court. 



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SECTION OF BALTIMORE'S $11,000,000 DOCK SYSTEM 

Chesapeake Bay Market boats Lumber Pier Steamships unloading fruits 




TUB BALTIA\ORE BOOK 



(Industrial Section) 

INDUSTRIAL ADVANTAGES 
OF BALTIMORE 

MANUFACTURER must have facilities for assem- 
bling raw material at his plant. He must have facili- 
ties for getting a finished product on the market, and 
he must have the MARKET. 

Baltimore furnishes these accessories. 

First — The City has splendid railroad service in all direc- 
tions. It offers transportation facilities by water that are unex- 
celled. It is a great seaport, foreign and coastwise. It also 
utilizes the great Chesapeake Bay and its numerous tributaries, 
thus connecting with scores of towns and landings, penetrating 
far into Maryland and Virginia. 

Second — Baltimore is the natural feeder of its immediate 
vicinity in all directions. It has at home about 700,000 people 
for whom it must provide ; but it has another natural market — 
that tremendous area to the South and Southwest and West. 
This is Baltimore's undisputed sphere of industrial and com- 
mercial influence 

Third — No Chinese Wall, in the form of excessive freight 
rates, separates the manufacturer from his market. Baltimore 
enjoys lower rates than other cities, as the table of comparative 
rates, given elsewhere in this book, will show. 

Fourth — The manufacturer in Baltimore is not harassed by 
labor troubles. 

Fifth — Manufacturing implements — machinery, apparatus, 
mechanical tools actually employed in the manufacture of 
articles of commerce — are not taxed in Baltimore. 

Sixth — Insurance rates on manufacturing and mercantile es- 
tablishments in Baltimore are lower relatively than in other 
cities. 

Seventh — Power, fuel and light are cheap. Wheels turn 
more economically in Baltimore than anywhere else. 

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THE BALTIMORE BOOR 

BALTIMORE'S TRADE AND 
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS 

The business associations of Baltimore, particularly the large 
central bodies, are important elements in the City's commercial 
and industrial life. There are a number of such organizations 
and they exert a tremendous influence. Though they have their 
respective spheres, they are bound by ties of business and social 
relationship. By cohesive action and unity of purpose they 
have time and again made their influence felt to the mutual 
benefit of the city and the thousands who maintain business 
relations with it. Through them the business interests of Balti- 
more operate upon an organized and systematized basis. The 
good effect is not merely local, for Baltimore is the great com- 
mercial and industrial headquarters of thousands of miles of 
territory. 

Organization and combined force have not only helped those 
who trade m Baltimore, but are largely responsible for placing 
the city in the front rank of the great commercial centers of the 
country. 

The usefulness of these associations is not confined to the 
avenues of trade. They have been aggressively active in the 
many successful projects for the proper civic development of 
Baltimore, and are vital forces in the city's welfare. 





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SHIP BUILDING INDUSTRIES 
Drydock Dewey Magnetic Cranes General View, Md. Steel Go's Plant 

A Baltimore Built Ship 




BALTIMORE'S GREAT INDUSTRIES 

MANY ENTERPRISES FLOURISH IN THIS 
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT 

Baltimore leads in Canning and Preserving ; Millions worth of Fer- 
tilizer shipped ; the great Straw Hat Industry ; foremost 
Clothing Manufacturing Centre; Copper Refin- 
ing; large Cotton Duck Plants; Steel 
Rails; Shipbuilding Interests, 
etc ; cheap Light and 
Fuel; no Labor 
Troubles 




HERE are within the City Hmits of Bahimore (31 ^ 
square miles) 2502 manufacturing estabhshments, 
comprising 123 specific industries, employing 81,843 
wage-earners, who are paid annually $41,747,000. 
The annual value of their output is $188,690,000. The capi- 
tal represented by these enterprises amounts to $165,293,000, 
not including the value of rented buildings. The Baltimore 
Industrial District ( 1 5 miles square, contiguous to and including 
the City) produces annually manufactured products to the value 
of $265,000,000. This makes Baltimore one of the foremost 
industrial centers of the United States. 

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BALTIMORE'S PICTURESQUE HARBOR 
Chesapeake Bay Pungies Unloading tropical fruits Immigrants disembarking 




THD BALTIMORE BOOK 



LEADS IN CANNING AND PRESERVING 

Baltimore ranks first among the cities of the United States in 
the canning and preserving industry, which employs thousands 
of workers. Its annual product is valued at millions of dollars. 

MANUFACTURE OF CLOTHING 

In the manufacture of clothing Baltimore occupies a leading 
position, the value of this product amounting to $37,000,000 
annually. This industry emplo5's 20,000 persons. 

SHIPS MOST FERTILIZER 

More fertilizer is shipped from Baltimore than from the 
combined manufacturing plants of any other State. 

THE GREAT STRAW HAT INDUSTRY 

The straw hat industry is represented by establishments em- 
ploying thousands of hands, producing millions of dollars 
worth of goods yearly. 

COPPER 

The copper smelting and refining works and copper-smithing 
in Baltimore represent for plants an investment of $20,000,000. 
Baltimore has the largest copper refining plant in America. 

Copper exported from Baltimore amounts to approximately 
$22,000,000 yearly. 

Baltimore's industrial activity extends to so many branches 
that it is impossible to discourse specifically upon all, but the 
following are some of the chief enterprises, in many of which 

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the City leads, and in all occupies a foremost position as a 
producer: 

IRON AND STEEL 

FERTIUZER 

STRAW HATS 

CLOTHING 

CANDY 

COPPER 

CANS 

SOAP 

FLAVORING EXTRACTS 

BOTTLE STOPPERS 

OYSTER INDUSTRY 

COTTON duck: 

MEDICINES 

GAS ENGINES 

UMBRELLAS 

STEEL RAILS 



DRUGS. SPICES, TEAS. COFFEE ROASTING 
CANVAS AND LEATHER BELTING 

SLAUGHTERING AND MEAT PACKING 

SASHES, DOORS, BLINDS, LUMBER 
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 

FLOUR AND GRIST MILLS 

BREAD AND BAKERIES 
FURNITURE 

CAR-BUILDING 

GAS RANGES, WATER HEATERS AND GAS METERS 
GLASSWARE. BOTTLES AND WINDOW GLASS 
STOVES, RANGES AND PLUMBERS' SUPPLIES 
CANNING AND PRESERVING VEGETABLES 

MACHINERY AND MACHINISTS' SUPPLIES 
TOBACCO (CIGARS AND CIGARETTES) 

SHIRTS, DRAWERS, OVERALLS, ETC. 



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ELECTRIC POWER FROM THE SUSQUEHANNA 

HERE has been developed for Baltimore a tremen- 
dous source of electric energy. Across the Susque- 
hanna River, at McCall Ferry, is the second longest 
dam in the world, exceeded only by the dam at 
Assouan, on the Nile. Behind this barrier, which is half a 
mile long, 55 feet high and 65 feet thick, the Susquehanna 
River forms a lake eight miles in length. 

Their foundations resting on the bed rock of the river, the 
power-house and dam contam 300,000 cubic yards of con- 
crete. The power-house provides space for ten units, with a 
total maximum capacity of 1 35,000 horse-power. 

From McCall Ferry, in a straight line, the steel towers and 
the aluminum cables of the transmission line stretch to Baltimore, 
40 miles away, where the harnessed river drives the wheels of 
the City's industries and lights the homes and streets. 

Independent steam generating stations, storage batteries and 
an unexcelled distribution system assure adequate, efficient, 
never-failing service. Baltimore offers the manufacturer cheap 
electric power in abundance. The rates for electric power in 
Baltimore are the lowest on the Atlantic Seaboard. 

The harnessed river furnishes the power necessary to propel 
the street cars of the extensive transit system of Baltimore and 
its suburbs. Power from the Susquehanna moves the trains in 
the Belt Line tunnel of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, be- 
neath the City of Baltimore, one of the earliest electrically 
operated tunnels in the world. The entire power requirements 
of the Maryland Electric Railways Company, which operates 
the converted steam road connecting Baltimore with Annapolis, 
come from the same source. 

Abundant power at low rates, with an efficient and compre- 
hensive service, gives Baltimore a tremendous advantage which 
no manufacturer can afford to overlook. 

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PLAY GROUND SCENES 
The beneficial environment of recreation centres have a telling influence on city life 



THD BALTIA\ORE BOOR 



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NO LABOR TROUBLES 

Baltimore has practically no labor troubles. After the 
great fire the City was rebuilt without one strike. Owing to con- 
ditions that obtain in no other large community, the capitalist 
and laborer maintain a status which enables them to operate to 
their mutual interest, and to the benefit of the whole industrial 
situation. 

Baltimore seems totally unaffected by those periodic gusts of 
labor agitation that sweep over one section of the country or 
another, unsettling conditions, causing industrial distress and 
financial loss. 

The City is exceptionally fortunate in this respect, primarily 
because of natural conditions. The working class is enabled to 
live well. The abundance of seasonable foodstuffs at reason- 
able prices, cheap rents, the opportunity to buy homes on the 
easiest terms are elements which contribute to the contented 
condition of the laboring man. In Baltimore he gets the most 
out of life for himself and his family. The average laborer 
owns his home. Tenements are practically unknown. Then 
there is plenty of work and plenty of workmen. 

Industrial tranquillity lasts the year round. 




cA Bee Hive of Industry 



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TUB BALTIMORE BOOK 

BALTIMORE'S FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 

Few cities enjoy the enviable reputation of Baltimore for 
sound financial methods, or have a larger number of success- 
fully conducted banks and trust companies. Baltimore is noted 
for its excellent banking facilities. 

The National and State banks and trust companies of Bal- 
timore have, according to the June, 1911, statements, a capital, 
surplus and undivided profits of $49,915,665.76, deposits 
$209,398,000.75, the whole making the enormous sum of 
$259,313,666.51. 

There has not been a bank failure in Baltimore for many 
years, and the conflagration of 1 904, which caused a loss esti- 
mated at $125,000,000, resulted in no embarrassment to the 
City's financial organizations, except that arising from the 
destruction of buildings. 

There is ample capital in Baltimore for legitimate enter- 
prises. It is not a city given to the encouragement of "wildcat' 
schemes, but sound projects can find substantial backing. 



INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS 

Baltimore has a series of modern "industrial" or "Beehive" 
buildings, where heat, light, power and space in proportion to 
the large or small needs of any and all kinds of industries can 
be had on terms and conditions attractive even to infant enter- 
prises. This enables enterprises to be started without the usual 
capital outlay required for investment in land and building. It 
offers to local industrie3 and to those outside the City, desiring 
to establish operations here, every essential factory requirement 
that can be obtained by the most successful manufacturers. 

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THE BALTI7WORE BOOR 

(Commercial Section) 

COMMERCE AND TRANSPORTATION 

A Splendid Harbor; Grain rapidly handled; low Freight Rates; 
Magnificent Piers ; Steamship Lines ; Great Railroads, with 
terminals at deep water, centre in Baltimore ; Colos- 
sal Municipal Piers ; Great Jobbing Trade , 
Plants and Machinery Exempt 
from Taxation, etc, etc. 




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Y reason of its geographical location the City, from 
the very first days of the "iron horse," became a rail- 
road center. It has, also, always been one of the 
important seaports of the country. 
That Baltimore lived and thrived may be attributed to its 
natural maritime advantages. It early became a distributing 
point for merchandise that came over all seas and from all lands. 
It sent, and still sends, back ships burdened with products of 
every section of this country. 

Long before steam became the propelling force of commerce, 
Baltimore's supremacy was assured. The Baltimore clipper 
was famous ; it was sailing every sea and was seen in every port. 
The City has a largely developed trade in every respect, par- 
ticularly through the South. Being of the South, this seems 
natural, but Baltimore is not dependent upon sentiment alone. 

As the metropolis of the South, Baltimore is the natural 
source of supply of this section, and its trade throughout the 
vast country is large and ever-increasing. Nor is Baltimore's 
sphere of commercial influence confined to the great region south 
of the Mason and Dixon line. Its merchants are invading the 
North. They have captured a good percentage of trade of 
Pennsylvania and New York State, and are successfully oper- 
ating in the Ohio Valley. 

As a jobbing center Baltimore ranks third among the cities 
of the United States. Its trade represents approximately $400,- 
000,000 annually. 

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TMD BALTIMORE BOOR 




THE HARBOR OF BALTIMORE 

Baltimore has a splendid harbor. The channel leading from 
Baltimore is 35 feet deep and 600 feet wide, and there is a 
project under way to deepen it to 40 feet and to make it 1 000 
feet wide. 

Baltimore is on the Patapsco River, a tributary of Chesa- 
peake Bay, and is about 1 74 miles from the Atlantic Ocean 
as vessels travel. The harbor may be said to begin where the 
Patapsco and the bay meet, about 1 4 miles from the center of 
the City. 

There are 1 8 miles of dockage and water front within the 
contracted City limits, and many times that area in the imme- 
diate environs. 

Baltimore harbor, even within the City limits proper, can 
accommodate the largest vessels. Such first-class steamers, for 
instance, as the Friedrich der Grosse, which is 545 feet long, 
59 feet 2 inches beam and 36 feet deep, with 20,000 tons dis- 
placement, enter and leave Baltimore harbor with ease and 
safety. Baltimore has a busy harbor. It is very picturesque 
and is a shelter for all manner of craft, from the ponderous 
Atlantic liner to the Chesapeake Bay oyster pungy. 




Foi'{_McHeniy 



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THE BALTIMORE BOOK 

GRAIN RAPIDLY HANDLED 

Baltimore has long been justly famous for handling export 
grain and has largely contributed to the nation's wealth 
through these facilities. Railroads had the foresight to build 
the present termmal elevators, which have a capacity of five 
and one-half million bushels, and properly to equip them with 
dryers to give "out of condition" grain deserved attention. 
They also established great terminal yards with facilities for 
rapid and safe unloadmg of cars. The elevators can place 
2,000,000 bushels of grain aboard vessels in a day. The 
railroads have in every other way supported the efforts of 
gram merchants, who, for years, have labored to make this a 
favored market for domestic and export grain. 

Baltimore Chamber of Commerce weighing and inspection 
departments are models of their kind, giving confidence and 
security at home and abroad. The port of Baltimore has 
received universal commendation because of this fact. 

On grain for export from the Great Lakes there is a difl^er- 
ence of three-tenths of a cent per bushel in Baltimore's favor, 
compared with New York and Boston. Baltimore formerly 
enjoyed a difference of nine-tenths of a cent per bushel, and a 
restoration of this is being urgently insisted upon through the 
proper channels. Nine-tenths is the present difference in Bal- 
timore's favor on grain from the West, arriving all rail. 





One of Baltimore's Great Grain Ele^baiors 

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BALTIMORE'S TERMINAL FACILITIES 
Great piers and grain elevators of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 




MAP OF BALTIMORE'S SPHERE OF COMMERCIAL INFLUENCE 

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uch CHEAPER freight rates Baltimore enioys to and from points on this map, than do cities to the North and East of Baltimore 



/^ OMPARATIVE height rate tables and mileage 
schedule, which show conclusively the great advan- 
tage enjoyed by Baltimore, because of its geographical 
location. These were compiled from information fur- 
nished by Mr. Herbert Sheridan, Traffic Manager of 
the Chamber of Commerce, whose courteous assistance 
is gratefully acknowledged. 



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THE BALTIMORE BOOR 

SPLENDID RAILROAD TERMINAL 
FACILITIES 

ALTIMORE is the local and reshipping market for 
the fish, oyster and crab supplies of the fertile waters 
of the Chesapeake Bay and tributary rivers and 
streams. 

The railroads, Baltimore & Ohio, Pennsylvania and West- 
ern Maryland, have large docks with warehouses, cranes and 
facilities for storing and shipping all kinds of raw material and 
manufactured articles. Lighterage companies have tugs, scows 
and car floats, expediting commerce of the port. 

The Baltimore & Ohio system has domestic and export ele- 
vators, hay sheds, terminals and storage warehouses, coal piers, 
and maintains general offices in Baltimore. The Baltimore & 
Ohio freight yards cover an area of 75 acres and have facilities 
for handling 2800 cars per day. 

The Pennsylvania Railroad system has division offices in 
Baltimore and extensive terminals covering 102.5 acres. The 
company's export and domestic elevators, hay sheds and many 
terminal and storage warehouses are of the usual high type, 
and a new passenger station facilitates travel. 

The Western Maryland Railway, like the other railroads 
above named, has freight terminals in the business district and 
storage warehouses at convenient locations. In addition, docks 
and warehouses on the water front give it opportunities for 
prompt handling of export and domestic shipments. 

The co-operation between the Western Maryland and New 
York Central lines through the extension from Cumberland to 
Connellsville, and connection with the P. & L. E. R. R., will 
greatly benefit Baltimore, since new tonnage can be handled 
between Baltimore and the West under attractive conditions. 



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TMB BALTIMORE BOOR 




COAL 

The position Baltimore occupies in its ability to move by 
rail and water bituminous coal from the enormous deposits 
in Maryland and West Virginia gives the City a commanding 
position in the soft coal trade. There are 5,000,000 tons of 
coal annually exported from Baltimore. 

Baltimore consumes 1 ,000,000 tons a year. 

The United States collier Neptune recently took on at one 
of the coal piers 1 5,000 tons in one day. 

PLANTS AND MACHINERY THAT ARE EXEMPT 
FROM TAXATION 

Under a city ordinance, authorized by an act of Assembly, 
mechanical tools, implements, machinery and manufacturing 
apparatus, actually employed in the manufacture of articles of 
commerce in Baltimore, are exempted from city taxes, provided 
application be made annually before a specified time. 

Machinery used in the generation of gas or electricity or in 
the issue or printing of new^spapers or periodical publications 
is not entitled to the exemption. 

Following is a table of exemptions from 1 896 to 1912: 

1896 $3,405,055 

1897 4,695,518 

1898 4,829,912 

1899 4,178,945 

1900 5,593,270 

1901 4,671,730 

1902 4,875,396 

1903 5,734,446 

1904 6,203,784 

1 905 6,1 77,262 

1906 7,527,328 

1907 8,067,442 

1908 8,842,573 

1909 8,878,644 

1910 9,434,978 

191 1 9,829,312 

1912 (Estimated) 10.185,458 

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THE BALTIMORE BOOK 

STEAMSHIP LINES 

Baltimore, being one of the great ports of the Atlantic Coast, 
is in constant commercial intercourse with all parts of the world. 
There is a score or more lines of steamships engaged regularly 
in foreign trade, and they are represented by a multiplicity of 
vessels. 

Foreign steamship Imes having regular sailings from Balti- 
more are: 

Johnston Line, Baltimore to Liverpool. 

North German Lloyd, Baltimore to Bremen. 

Puritan Line, Baltimore to Antwerp. 

Blue Cross Line, Baltimore to Havre. 

Neptune Line, Baltimore to Rotterdam. 

Lord Line, Baltimore to Belfast and Cardiff. 

Empire Line, Baltimore to Leith. 

Atlantic Transport Line, Baltimore to London. 

Hamburg- American Line, Baltimore to Hamburg. 

Donaldson Line, Baltimore to Glasgow. 

United Fruit Company Line, Baltimore to Jamaica. 

Red Star Line, Baltimore to Antwerp. 

Bristol Channel Line, Baltimore to Bristol, England. 

Scandinavian-American Line, Baltimore to Copenhagen and 
Christiania. 

United Fruit Company, Baltimore to Santo Domingo. 

Atlantic Fruit Company, Baltimore to Jamaica. 

Atlantic Fruit Company, Baltimore to Sama, Cuba. 

S. Vicari Company, Baltimore to Sama, Cuba. 

Jos. R. Foard Company Line, Baltimore to Colon and Cen- 
tral America. 

Lanasa & Goffe Importing & Steamship Company, Baltimore 
to Jamaica. 

Aside from the above, there are hundreds of steamships of 
the "tramp" or transient class, which are constantly arriving or 

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NEW UNION STATION, PENNA. R. R. 




MT. ROYAL STATION. B. & O. R. R. 



TMD BALTIiWORE BOOK 




leaving port; also that rapidly vanishing class of vessels, the 
"square riggers." 

Steamships which regularly ply between Baltimore and 
Atlantic Coast ports are fitted for first-class passenger service 
as well as freight. Commodious steamers leave daily, going 
North and South, carrying hundreds of passengers and tons of 
freight. Baltimore is likewise in water communication with 
Galveston, New Orleans and other ports on the Gulf. 

It is estimated that 1 3,000 craft of all character sail be- 
tween Baltimore and points on Chesapeake Bay and its tribu- 
taries. These vessels traverse all navigable waters of Maryland 
and Virginia, touching at the larger cities and hundreds of 
obscure landings. Bay steamers, as a rule, are large and 
modern, having excellent passenger accommodations. The 
oyster pungy, other small sailing craft and a multitude of power 
boats carry much of Baltimore's Chesapeake Bay commerce. 




Typical Chesapeake Bay Steamer 



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A GLIMPSE OF THE SUBURBS 
The country is very picturesque and offers limitless opportunities for splendid development 



THE BALTIMORE BOOK 

(Domestic Section) 

LIVING CONDITIONS 

Baltimore a City of Owned Homes ; Reasonable Food Prices ; Cheap 
Rents and Fine Markets ; Excellent Street Car Service ; Ex- 
ceptionally Good Climate ; Oysters, Crabs and all 
Edibles in Abundance f Baltimore offers a 
Great Opportunity to " Live Well ". 




' T has been stated that Baltimore is a City of homes. 
It is more than this. Baltimore is a City of OWNED 
homes. Houses of any class may be purchased upon 

" ~ ' terms that place OWNERSHIP within reach of the 
most humble wage-earner. 

The report of the British Board of Trade, which recently 
made an exhaustive inquiry into the cost of living in American 
cities, lends force to this statement. It says: 

"House ov/nership among the working classes of Baltimore 
has made great progress, and among American cities Baltimore 
claims to take a leading place in this respect. 

"In 1900, 20.5 per cent, of all private dwellings in the City 
were owned unencumbered by their occupants; 7.4 per cent, 
were owned, but encumbered, while 72.1 per cent, were hired. 
The number of building loan societies is very large; some 200 
having meeeting places in the City. 

"The future owner (purchaser) must, as a rule, provide 
about one-third of the proposed cost of the dwelling, and the 
society advances the balance and issues shares to the same 
amounts, upon which interest of 6 per cent, is charged until 
they are paid up; but in the meanhme the borrower is entitled 
to dividends upon these shares. 

"The single family dwellings enjoy an absolute predominance 
in Baltimore," says the report. 

"In 1900 the percentage of families in dwelling-houses occu- 
pied by one family was 72.6, while the percentage in dwelling- 
houses occupied by two families was 20, and the percentage in 
dwelling-houses occupied by three or more families was 7.4." 



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SUBURBS OF BALTIMORE 
Well paved streets and boulevards, flanked by stately mansions 




TUB BALTIMORE BOOK 




This same report goes on and describes Baltimore as a "City 
of practically no tenements," as the tenement evil is understood 
in connection with other cities, and is authority for the statement, 
which is a well-known and established fact, that a house in 
Baltimore can be rented for about one-half a similar house in a 
like neighborhood can be rented for in New York. 

Baltimoreans, at least, know how to live. Of the 107,424 
private dwellings in the City, about 50 per cent, are two stories 
in height, modern in every detail, and are usually very attractive. 
Many of the latest style are "detached," have ornamental bay 
windows, and each, by law, must be provided with a bathtub 
and the best sanitary appliances. 

A real home in Baltimore is within reach of all. And this 
home is on a good street, in a respectable neighborhood. Balti- 
moreans are not stowed away m the uppermost stories of un- 
healthy, insanitary tenement-houses, with dubious and doubtful 
associates under the same roof, and in an atmosphere of social, 
physical and moral impurity. 

Baltimore has many stately mansions amid the environment 
of wealth and dignity, which are very impressive, but the thou- 
sands of small dwellings, sheltering thousands of contented 
families, each dweller in his or her own "castle," offer a splen- 
did object-lesson. 

The excellent system of street car lines enables a person to 
reach any part of Baltimore for a 5-cent fare, which also in- 
cludes one free transfer. This is a great boon to the wage- 
earner who desires to live in the open away from the cfUce, 
factory and workshop. 



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BALTIMORE MARKETS 

Three views of Lexington Market, possibly the most famous in the country 




TMB BALTIMORE BOOR 



BALTIMORE MARKETS 

The habit of "going to market" is so fixed a custom, and so 
generally practiced as a part of the domestic routine by the Bal- 
timore housekeeper, that markets are supported and flourish as 
they do nowhere else. Moreover, the markets, on market days, 
are one of the sights of the City. Few strangers come to Balti- 
more who do not join the picturesque throng at one of these 
centers. To see these markets m "full blast" is indeed interest- 
ing. Not only the markets themselves, but all approaches for 
squares take on the market environment. Along the streets are 
hundreds of wagons, converted into stalls, and scores of im- 
provised shops line the curb ; the flower girl, the ubiquitous 
faker, the country folk, the thrifty housewife, making her dis- 
criminating purchases, is a spectacle well worth witnessing. 

Lexington Market is the most noted and is, possibly, without 
a serious rival in the country. It is very central, being con- 
tiguous to, in fact, within the retail shopping district. It is three 
squares long, but the market's "sphere of influence" extends 
for squares in all directions. 

All markets are owned and under the control of the Munici- 
pality. 

Center Market, built after the fire of February, 1904, on 
the site of Marsh Market, which was destroyed, is a splendid 
modern structure. It cost $500,650 and extends from Balti- 
more to Pratt street, three blocks. There are two great halls 
over the northern (Baltimore street) end, which are used by the 
night classes of the Maryland Institute. Twelve hundred pupils 
may be comfortably accommodated here. There is also an- 
other large hall above the produce section, which will seat 2500 
persons. The wholesale and retail fish market, connected with 
the Center, has been pronounced the most complete in the world. 

The Baltimore markets are: Belair, Canton, Center, Cross 
Street, Fells Point, Hanover, Hollins, Lafayette, Lexington, 
Northeast, Richmond. 

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BALTIMORE'S FOOD SUPPLY 
Produce and Fjsb Markets 





TMB BALTIMORE BOOK 



A NOTED FOOD SUPPLY CENTER 

ALTIMORE'S markets are a success because of the 
great variety and character of the foodstuffs on sale. 
The investigators for the British Board of Trade, who 
recently made a study of living conditions in American 
cities, were struck by this advantage, and in their report said: 

"Baltimore is a noted food supply center — fruits, vegetables, 
dairy products, poultry and meat are produced in the fertile dis- 
tricts of the State of Maryland, and the shores of the Chesa- 
peake are especially favorable for those branches of agriculture. 
The City is remarkable among the large cities of the United 
States for the abundance and varied character of its retail 
markets. In the principal districts of the City are covered 
markets, where all kinds of meat, vegetables, fruit, butter and 
eggs are on sale." 

The report also refers to the extensive patronage enjoyed 
by the markets, and the great number of butcher stalls receive 
particular mention. 

Baltimore is singularly fortunate as to food supply, as the 
British report says. Things regarded as luxuries elsewhere are 
here matters of every-day commonplace diet. The City being 
situated within two hours' ride of the mountains, and at the very 
door of a great trucking region (the adjacent counties of Mary- 
land), has a wonderful advantage. The great Chesapeake Bay 
and the Patapsco River yield up an enormous supply of crabs, 
oysters and fish. Several lines of steamers bring tropical fruits 
in abundance. Maryland is the home of the terrapin and the 
canvas-back, and Baltimore is the gastronomic center, where 
these delicacies are prepared and where they are consumed in 
large quantities. 

Baltimore offers the best of foodstuffs in abundance; its 
markets fairly bulge with the products of the season ; reasonable 
prices make it possible for those of limited income to enjoy the 
benefits of these exceptional advantages, facts that contribute 
to Baltimore's reputation as an exceptionally desirable place of 
residence. 

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WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND VICINITY 
This is the first monument erected to George Washington 



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MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 

Population; Baltimore a Leading Educational Center; Aquatic 
Sports ; Theatres ; Hotels ; Churches ; Monuments ; Climate 



T-/;^'--^ VERY unique situation is presented in connection with 
the enumeration of the population of Baltimore. Ac- 
cording to the United States Census report for 1910, 
the City's technical population is 558,485 and its 



actual population 647,884. 

This curious condition was of sufficient import to call from 
Director Durand of the Census a special report August, 1911. 
In this he refers to the distinction to be made in favor of Balti- 
more when comparing the population of cities. The numerical 
peculiarity concerning Baltimore's population arises from the 
fact that its corporate limits have not been extended correspond- 
ingly as the City grew in population. 

The census reports show that Baltimore has actually grown 
apace, and is the most densely populated City in the country, 
but that thousands of Baltimoreans who live "just over the line'* 
are not listed as residents. At the same time they are not 
divided from the corporate limits by squares of unimproved 
lots, but live on well-paved streets, in "built-up" sections which, 
in some instances, extend a mile beyond the present limits. 

According to the census 90,000 persons thus outside the 
technical bounds are so essentially a part of Baltimore in their 
business and social relations that they should be included when 
a comparison of cities is made. 

Baltimore has 31 7^ square miles within its contracted limits, 
and its population within these bounds is, according to the 
census, 558,485. St. Louis, with 61^ square miles, twice the 
area of Baltimore, has a population of 687,029. 

St. Louis ranks fourth, but it can be appreciated how quickly 
Baltimore would arise to dispute that claim if its area were 
doubled. 

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BALTIMORE AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER 

Baltimore, as a center of learning, is proud of one of the 
leading institutions of the world — the Johns Hopkins University. 
This is the foremost institution in the United States devoted to 
research work. 

The Johns Hopkins Hospital, with its educational features, 
is unequaled by any similar organization. It, too, is world 
famous. 

The Goucher College of Baltimore, formerly the Woman's 
College, has a fixed place among the advanced educational insti- 
tutions of the country. 

The city also boasts of the Peabody Institute, the Maryland 
Institute of Art and Design, the Walters Art Gallery, which 
is far-famed ; the Enoch Pratt Free Library, with its multiplicity 
of branches; the Maryland University, with its various depart- 
ments of learning, and a score of other institutions devoted to 
culture and intellectual pursuits. Aside from these there are the 
Baltimore public schools with their several colleges. These 
are referred to at length elsewhere. 

There are many medical colleges in Baltimore, as well as 
others devoted to law. The City, in fact, may be aptly 
described as a "College Town." Thousands of students, 
representing not only this but almost every country of the 
civilized world, have received and are receiving their education 
in Baltimore, which occupies a commanding position in the 
arts, sciences and culture generally. 

For the study of painting, music and sculpture, Baltimore 
offers unexcelled opportunities, and large numbers of pupils 
from various sections are taking advantage of these. 

The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery is the oldest 
college of this kind in the world. 



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BALTIMORE'S EXCELLENT CLIMATE 

Baltimore has an excellent climate. The city is so situated 
that it does not experience the extremes of weather. It is free 
from the rigors of the North and yet it is not inflicted with the 
continued enervating heat of the South. The changing seasons 
are one of the delights of the locality. There is no monotony; 
no prolonged hot, dry spell to face in summer, and no long, 
dreary, severe wmter, with its accompanying hardships. The 
winters are short, being relieved by beautiful spring and fall con- 
ditions. The rainfall is well distributed throughout the year 
and destructive storms are practically unknown. 

Baltimore is, likewise, free from all other elemental disturb- 
ances, which, in some sections, are a source of constant unrest, 
if not actual peril. 



AMPLE HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS 

Baltimore has splendid hotels. In this respect it is abreast of 
any city of the country of its size, and far ahead of the majority. 

Just at present it is better equipped than ever, owing to the 
recent establishment of several large hotels. These are great 
institutions, designed on a large scale, built on a large scale, and 
operated in accordance with advanced ideas and methods. 

There are scores of hotels so the visitor will have no difficulty 
finding accommodations at reasonable rates. 

Baltimore as a "Convention City" has entertained thousands 
of visitors without inconvenience to guests, and it is now better 
prepared than ever to assume this agreeable responsibility. 




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AMUSEMENTS —AQUATIC SPORTS —THEATRES 

Miles of water front afford Baltimoreans unlimited opportu- 
nity for aquatic sports. Yachting, boating, crabbing, fishing are 
pastimes within the reach of the most humble. 

Any man may have his little power or sail boat, which at 
once extends his suzerainty, not only over the Patapsco River, 
but the great Chesapeake Bay. Here he may disport himself 
at will. Baltimore offers a great opportunity to the man with 
a boat. A race on the Patapsco between the trained crews of 
rival clubs is a sight never to be forgotten. 

The pleasure seeker, who disdains the lure of salt water and 
the thrills of the nibble, has a splendid collection of theatres, 
including grand opera, for Baltimore boasts of lirst-class, whole- 
some amusement features, where the cream of the passing show 
may be seen. The City's theatres are all modern and commo- 
dious, and public taste demands and receives the best that the 
stage has to offer. 




Patapsco Rft^er — Quarantine 



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POINTS OF INTEREST IN BALTIMORE 

Note: — -The places listed are approximately contiguous; that is, in 
order named, one is not far removed from another. Hence, it will be 
possible to "swing around the circle" by going from point to point, beginning 
at Washington Monument. 

Washington Monument (180 feet high). — The first monu- 
ment to George Washington. Charles and Monument Sts. 
(Mt. Vernon Place). 

In the immediate vicinity of the monument are: 

The Peabody Institute, school of music, art, library, statuary and paint- 
ings — Monument and Charles streets. 

Statues of: 

George Peabody — Mt. Vernon Place; Chief Justice Roger Brooke 
Taney, General John Eager Howard. Washington Square (Charles 
street and Madison) — Severn Teackle Wallis — Washington Square, near 
Centre street. 

Mt. Vernon M. E. Church. — N. E. corner Monument St. 
and Charles (Mt. Vernon Place). 

Walters Art Gallery. — The finest private art collection in 
America. N. W. corner Charles and Centre Sts. 

Unitarian Church. — Magnificent specimen of colonial archi- 
tecture. N. W. corner Charles and Franklin Sts. 

Y. M. C. A. Building. — Cathedral and Franklin Sts. 

Roman Catholic Cathedral. — Cathedral and Mulberry Sts. 

Cardinal's Residence. — Charles and Mulberry Sts. 

Enoch Pratt Free Library. — Main building. Mulberry, 
near Cathedral St. 

The Johns Hopkins University Buildings. — Howard and 
Ross Sts. 

Baltimore City College. — Howard St., opposite Centre St. 

Lee House. — Residence of General R. E. Lee (with U. 
S. Engineer Corps) during erection of Fort Carroll at entrance 
to Baltimore harbor. Madison Ave., near Biddle St. 

Fifth Regiment Armory. — Baltimore's great convention hall. 
Hoffman and Bolton Sts. 

Mount Royal Station, B. and O. R. R. — Cathedral St., 
Preston St. and Mt. Royal Ave. 

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Bryn Mawr School. — Cathedral and Preston Sts. 

Revolutionary War Monument. — Mt. Royal Ave., Cathe- 
dral and Oliver Sts. 

Union Station, Penna. R. R. — Charles St. and Jones Falls. 

Goucher College, formerly "Woman's College." — St. Paul 
St., between 22d and 24th Sts. 

Watson Monument. — Mexican War shaft. Mt. Royal Ave. 
and Lanvale St. 

Maryland Institute. — School of art and design. Mt. Royal 
Ave. and Lanvale St. 

Confederate Monument. — Mt. Royal Ave., near Lanvale 
St. 

Soldiers and Sailors' Monument. — Druid Hill Park, be- 
tween Druid Lake and Mt. Royal Reservoir. 

Druid Hill Park. — Six hundred and seventy-four acres, 
noted for its natural beauty. One of the finest parks in America. 

Francis Scott Key Monument. — Erected to author of Star 
Spangled Banner. Lanvale and Eutaw Sts. 

Lexington Market. — Baltimore's famous market. Lexington 
St., from Eutaw to Pearl Sts. 

Edgar Allan Poe's Tomb. — In Westminster Presbyterian 
Churchyard. S. E. corner Fayette and Greene Sts. 

Fourth Regiment Armory. — Fayette St. near Paca St. 

Maryland Workshop for the Blind. — S. W. corner Fayette 
and Paca Sts. 

Camden Station, B. and O. R. R. — Camden and Eutaw Sts. 

Mt. Clare Shops, B. and O. R. R. — Where early locomo- 
tives were built. Pratt St., from Poppleton to Carey Sts. 

Mt. Clare Station. — Where first telegraph message, "What 
hath God wrought," was received. Poppleton St. and B. and 
O. R. R. 

Carroll Park. — With colonial mansion of Charles Carroll, 
barrister. 

Fort McHenry. — During bombardment of which Francis 
Scott Key composed the "Star Spangled Banner." 

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Fort Carroll. — Mid stream at entrance of Baltimore harbor 
Erected 1848-1852 under direction of General R. E. Lee, 
then of U. S. Engineers. 

Piers at which large ocean steamers dock. — Locust Point, 
near Fort McHenry. 

Riverside Park. — Formerly Fort Covington, which prevented 
a land attack upon Fort McHenry during bombardment in 
1814. Randall and Johnson Sts. 

Federal Hill Park. — Used as a fort during the Civil War. 
Hughes St. and Battery Ave. 

Armistead Monument. — To memory of Lieutenant Colonel 
George Armistead, War 1812-14. Federal Hill Park. 

Where the Fire of 1 904 Started. — S. E. corner German and 
Liberty Sts. 

Congress Hall. — A tablet on the wall east side of Liberty 
St., south of Baltimore St., says: 

"On this site stood Old Congress Hall, in which the Continental Con- 
gress met December 20, 1 776, and on December 27, 1 776 conferred upon 
General Washington extraordinary powers for the conduct of the Revolu- 
tionary War." 

Hood Monument. — Erected by City to John Mifflin Hood, 
President of Western Maryland R. R. 1874-1902. 

Baltimore and Ohio Office Building. — Main offices of B. 
and O. R. R. N. W. corner Charles and Baltimore Sts. 

Maryland Historical Society Building. — Historical docu- 
ments, paintings, statuary, etc. N. W. corner St. Paul and 
Saratoga Sts. 

Court House. — One of the finest Court House buildings in 
America. Calvert and Lexington Sts. 

Battle or Baltimore Monument. — Erected in memory of 
soldiers who fell in defense of Baltimore during British attack, 
September 12-13, 1814. Calvert St., between Fayette and 
Lexington Sts. (Monument Square). 

Post Office. — Fayette and Calvert Sts. 

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City Hall. — Fayette, North, Holliday and Lexington Sts. 
Custom House, — Gay and Lombard Sts. 
Centre Market. — Market Space and Baltimore St. 
President Street Station, P. B. & W. R. R. — President and 
Fleet Sts. 

Shortly after leaving this depot the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment was 
attacked, 19 April, 1861. 

Wells and McComas Monument. — To the memory of two 
sharpshooters who shot Major General Ross, September 12, 
1814. Ross commanded the British forces at Battle of North 
Point. Gay, Monument and Aisquith Sts. 

The Johns Hopkins Hospital. — World-famous institution. 
Monument St. and Broadway. 

Wildey Monument. — To Thomas Wildey, founder of first 
lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows in America. Broad- 
way Square, near Fayette St. 

Patterson Park, one of Baltimore's finest public reservations. 
Contains breastworks erected during war of 1812. Patterson 
Park Ave. and Baltimore St. 

Columbus Monument. — In grounds of Samuel Ready 
School, North Ave. and Broadway. Claimed to be the first 
monument erected in the United States to Christopher Columbus. 
Genuineness of claims disputed and story advanced that the 
former owner of the estate, Samuel Ready, was an enthusiastic 
horseman and raised the shaft (66 feet) over the spot where a 
favorite steed is buried. 

Eastern Female High School. — S. E. corner Broadway and 
North Ave. 

Clifton Park. — With the summer residence of the late Johns 
Hopkins, founder of University and Hospital bearing his name. 




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BALTIMORE HISTORY 
1608-1911 



To begin at the very beginning of direct historical informa- 
tion concerning Baltimore, one must go back to the j^ear 1608. 

June 2nd, 1 608, Capt. John Smith, whose life is reputed to 
have been saved by Pocahontas, having settled Jamestown, 
started from the vicinity of Cape Henry, on the first of his two 
famous explorations of the Chesapeake Bay. During this expe- 
dition, which lasted nineteen days, he visited every inlet on both 
sides of the Bay, from the Capes to the Patapsco River (named 
by Smith, Bolus) , sailed up that stream, and from him we get the 
first information concerning the region, now Baltimore. Smith 
and his followers were, therefore, the first white men to set 
eyes on the present site of the city. There is no question about 
Smith's visit to this locality. He prepared an excellent map of 
the Chesapeake and its tributaries. The Patapsco River, then, 
of course, unnamed, he called "Bolus", because of the red 
clay resembling "bole armoniack," along its banks. The red 
clay or "bole" was a covering for deposits of iron ore, after- 
ward discovered and mined. The first of these mines was 
owned and worked by John Moale, at Moale's Point, along 
Spring Gardens. Smith's map indicates quite an extensive 
knowledge of the topography of this section. He went up the 
"Bolus" for a considerable distance. On his voyage he had 
1 4 companions and used a barge of between two and three 
tons, propelled by sail and oar. He had exciting and interest- 
ing experiences with Indians. 

Following Capt. Smith's explorations in this vicinity, there is 
a lapse of years before the thread of the narrative can be taken 
up by the historian. 

In the absence of proof to the contrary, it must be assumed 
that Indians roamed over the site of Baltimore at will, or at 

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least without interference from white men; for it was not until 
1661 that history records the second step in the advance of 
civilization. 

In I 661 the first surveys were made, pursuant to land grants, 
and henceforth this section became the permanent habitation 
of white men. Tract after tract was taken up by settlers, and 
in 1 706 Locust Point, then "Whetstone Point," was made a 
port of entry. 

INTERESTING EVENTS IN HISTORY OF BALTIMORE 
GIVEN CHRONOLOGICALLY 

Captain John Smith sails from lower Chesapeake on the first of his 
explorations of Chesapeake Bay. He and his followers were the 
first white men to see the locality, now City of Baltimore, 2 June, 1608 

Charles Gorsuch, a member of the Society of Friends, patents 50 acres 
at Whetstone Point (Locust Point). Whether Gorsuch actually 
resided on the Point is not known 24 Feb., 1661 

David Jones, reputed to be the first actual settler, "took up" and had 
surveyed 380 acres of land along the eastern bank of a stream, 
now Jones Falls, the Falls inheriting its name from the original 
resident. Jones built a house in the vicinity of what is today 
Front Street, near the stream 15 June, 1661 

Caecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, becomes Governor of Mary- 
land under Charter from Charles I of England; from Caecilius 
(Lord Baltimore) this City derives its name 1662 

Note: — The orginal grant of the territory called Mary- 
land was obtained by Sir George Calvert, first of the Barons 
of Baltimore, in 1632. Sir George died before the Charter 
was actually issued, and the grant devolved upon his son 
Caecilius, who became the real founder of Maryland, al- 
though he never visited the Colony. Caecilius, however, sent 
out settlers under his younger brother Leonard. 

Alexander Mounteney "takes up" two hundred acres of land on each 
side of Harford Run, a stream since covered, and now Central 
Avenue 1 ^^3 

John Howard patents a tract, which includes a large part of South 
Baltimore, between the Middle and Northwest branches of the 

Patapsco 1 668 

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Thomas Cole took five hundred and fifty acres, bounded now approxi- 
mately by Paca, Mulberry, High and Lombard streets, the tract 
known as Coles Harbor 1 668 

James Todd obtains a warrant for Cole's Harbor and has it re- f 
surveyed; granted a patent June 1, 1700, under the name of 
Todd's Range. Patent later void 1698 

Whetstone Point, by Act of Legislature, was made a port of entry, 

the first within the now city limits I 706 

Mill erected by Jonathan Hanson, who acquires 31 acres, at about 

the point where Bath and Holliday streets intersect 1711 

Iron ore discovered at Whetstone Point. This tract was re-surveyed 
March 29, 1 723, and passed into the hands of the Principlo Fur- 
nace Company, which concern seems later to have started smelt- 
ing works in other parts of the Colony of Maryland 1723 

Note: — There is no little confusion concerning the early 
grants and patents, which were sometimes reconveyed, and 
others became the subject of litigation, but the foregoing, as 
conspicuous transactions and incidents are sufficient for pres- 
ent purposes to show that the history of Baltimore antedates 
1729-30, when the town was officially laid out. 

Act authorizing "erection" of Baltimore Town passed. . . .8 August, 1729 

Town Commission meet and officially survey 60 acres 12 Jan., 1 730 

Jones Town, east of Baltimore Town, laid out 22 Nov., 1732 

P. E. Parish Church, built on site afterwards occupied by St. Paul's 
Church, corner Charles and Saratoga streets, begun 1730, com- 
pleted 1 739 

Baltimore and Jones Towns consolidated and incorporated as Balti- 
more town 1 745 

Subscription of ilOO by citizens for building a market-house and 
tow/rt-hall, erected 10 years later, at northwest corner Gay and 
Baltimore streets 23 April, 1 75 1 

32 acres annexed, known as "Hall's addition" to Baltimore Town . . . 1.753 

Mount Clare House erected by Charles Carroll, barrister; built of 

imported brick 1 754 

A number of Acadian exiles settle in Baltimore 1756 

Baltimore made the county seat, and courthouse erected where Battle 

Monument now stands 1 763 

Mechanical company organized, and a fire-engine purchased 1769 

First umbrella in the U. S. (brought from India) used here 1772 

Baptist Church erected corner Front and Fayette streets, afterwards 

site of the shot tower 1 773 

First newspaper, the Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser, es- 
tablished by William Goddard; first issue 20 August, 1773 

Stage route opened to Philadelphia 1 773 

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First Methodist meeting-house in Bahimore built in Strawberry alley 

November, 1 773 
Lovely Lane Methodist Meeting-house erected in Baltimore. . . .Oct., 1774 
Capt. William Perkins arrives at Marblehead with 3000 bushels of 
Indian corn, 20 barrels of rye and 21 barrels of bread sent by 

the people of Baltimore for the poor of Boston 28 Aug., 1774 

Baltimore contains 564 houses and 5934 inhabitants 1775 

St. Peter's Church (Roman Catholic), on Saratoga and Charles 

streets, built and occupied 1 770- 1 775 

Continental Congress holds its session in Congress Hall, corner Balti- 
more and Liberty streets 20 Dec, 1776, to 20 Jan., 1777 

First notable riot in Baltimore. Mr. Goddard of the Maryland 
Journal beset in his office by excited members of the "Whig 
Club, " who took exception to an article in his paper lauding King 

George and Parliament 25 March, 1777 

Count Pulaski organizes his corps in Baltimore March, 1778 

First custom-house erected 1 780 

Paving of the streets begun 1 781 

First brick theater in Baltimore erected on East Baltimore street, 
nearly opposite the Second Presbyterian Church; opened with the 

play, "King Richard IH" 15 Jan., I 782 

Regular line of stage coaches established to Fredericktown and An- 
napolis 1 783 

Policemen first employed 1 784 

Three new market-houses erected 1 784 

Streets first lighted with oil lamps 1784 

Methodist Church built on northwest corner Light street and Wine 
alley ; begun August, 1 785 ; dedicated by Bishop Asbury 

21 May, 1786 

First destructive flood recorded 5 Oct., 1786 

St, Mary's College (Seminary of St. Sulpice) established 1791 

Presbyterian Church erected on northwest corner Fayette and North 
streets (afterwards razed to give place to the U. S. Courthouse, 
1860. Latter torn down in 1908 to make way for Postoffice 

extension) 1 791 

Bank of Maryland organized 1 791 

Yellow fever epidemic Aug. to Oct., 1 794 

Bank of Baltimore incorporated 24 Dec, 1795 

First directory of Baltimore Town and Fell's Point published 1796 

Act passed to lay out and establish a turnpike from the city of 

Washington to Baltimore town 31 Dec, 1796 

Baltimore Town incorporated as a city; population 20.000, 31 Dec, 

1796; began as an incorporated institution 1797 

First Mayor, James Calhoun, elected 16 Jan., 1797 

Marine Observatory was first established on Federal Hill 1797 

Library Company of Baltimore, afterwards merged with the Mary- 
land Historical Society, incorporated. (Library contained 4000 
volumes in 1800) 20 Jan., 1797 

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Maryland ScMrlely for promoting the abolition of slavery, and the 
relief of free negroes and others unlawfully held in bondage, 
formed in Baltimore; the fourth in the U. S 8 Sept., 1798 

Baltimore American and Daily Advertiser first issued. (Successor 
of Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser, established 

1 773) 14 May, 1 799 

On the 15th of December new^s of the death of General 
Washington reached Baltimore, and on the first day of 
January, 1800, commemorative funeral riles were held. The 
militia, including the regulars at Fort McHenry, and citizens, 
many from the country surrounding Baltimore, formed a pro- 
cession at the "Head of Baltimore street," where an appro- 
priate address was delivered by Rev. Dr. Allison. From 
thence the procession went to Christ Church. A bier was 
carried into the edifice, and the funeral services were con- 
ducted by Rev. Dr. Bend. There was a concourse present. 
As a result of this demonstration, sundry bills against the 
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore were rendered, gen- 
erally upon fragments of paper. These have been mounted, 
and are on exhibit at the City Library. 
President Adams passes through Baltimore June 15, 1800, from 
Washington. The Mayor and City Council presented him an 

address of welcome 15 June, 1 800 

(Original document — President's reply — at City Library.) 

Petition of Protest ac;ainst erection of a City Hall 1801 

(Original document at City Library.) 
Jerome Bonaparte and Miss Elizabeth Patterson married in Balti- 
more 24 Dec, 1803 

Union Bank of Maryland organized and chartered 1804 

Mechanics' Bank incorporated 1806 

Corner-stone of Roman Catholic Cathedral laid 7 July, 1806 

Baltimore Water Company formed with capital of $250,000, 30 
April, 1804, and water first supplied through cast-iron pipes 

(water taken from Jones Falls) May, 1 807 

Courthouse building on North Calvert street, corner Lexington, begun 

1 805 ; occupied 1 809 

Note: — The above building was torn down to make place 
for the present marble structure. 

Mob destroys the office of the Federal Republican 27 July, 1812 

"New Theater," afterwards called "Holliday Street Theater," 

opened 10 May, 1813 

First steamboat built in Baltimore, the Chesapeake, constructed by 

WilHam McDonald & Co 1813 

British forces under General Ross advance against the city. . 12 Sept., 1814 

Engagement at North Point; General Ross killed 12 Sept., 1814 

Fort McHenry bombarded by British fleet 12-13 Sept., 1814 

The "Star-Spangled Banner " printed in the Baltimore American and 

Daily Advertiser 21 Sept., 1814 

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Corner-stone of the Washington Monument laid (height of monu- 
ment, 180 feet) 4 July, 1815, and completed 25 Nov., 1824 

Corner-stone of Battle Monument laid (erected in honor of Balti- 
moreans killed defending the city in 1814) 12 September, 1815, 
and finished 12 Sept., 1 822 

Population of Baltimore increased 16,000 by annexation of the pre- 
cincts 1816 

Maryland Hospital incorporated 29 Jan., 1816 

St. Andrew's Society incorporated 1 Feb., 1816 

Medical Society of Maryland incorporated 1 Feb., 1816 

St. Paul's P. E. Church erected on corner Saratoga and Charles 
streets; corner-stone laid 4 May, 1814; completed at cost of 
$126,140 1817 

Disastrous freshet in Jones Falls; part of the city called the 

"Meadows" overflowed to depth of 10 to 15 feet 8 Aug., 1817 

President Monroe visits Baltimore 1819 

(For correspondence relative thereto, see exhibit at City Library.) 

First Odd Fellows' Lodge in America, Washington Lodge No. 1, 
organized at Fell's Point, 13 April, 1819, through the efforts of 
Thomas Wildey. It received a charter from the Duke of York's 
Lodge at Preston, Lancashire, Eng 1 Feb., 1820 

First building lighted with gas, Peale's Museum on Holliday street, 
afterwards old City Hall, 1816. First public building lighted 
with gas, the "Belvidere Theater, ' northwest corner North and 
Saratoga streets 1 820 

Exchange Building (Custom-house, torn down 1902), Water, Gay, 

Lombard streets, opened for business June, 1820 

Roman Catholic Cathedral (begun 1806) consecrated by Archbishop 

Mareschal 31 May, 1821 

Disastrous fire; 3 lumber yards and 25 to 30 buildings, mostly ware- 
houses, burned 23 June, 1 822 

Statue placed on Battle Monument 12 Sept., 1822 

Corner-stone of Baltimore Athenaeum at southwest corner St. Paul 

and Lexington streets, laid 10 Aug., 1824 

General Lafayette visits Baltimore 7-11 Oct., 1824 

Mrs. Ellen Moale (first white child born within the town of Balti- 
more) dies March, 1 825 

Erection of Barnum's City Hotel begun 1825 

Maryland Academy of Science and Literature incorporated. (Con- 
tinued until 1844) 16 Feb., 1826 

First exhibition of Maryland Institute 7 Nov., 1826 

Subscription books for stock of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad opened; 

$4,178,000 taken by 22,000 subscribers 20-27 March, 1827 

First banking-house opened by Evan Poultney in Baltimore street.. 

June, 1 828 

Foundation stone of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad laid by the 
Masonic Grand Lodge of Maryland, assisted by Charles Carroll 
of Carrollton 4 July, 1828 

Shot-tower (Phoenix Company), 234 feet high, circular, and of brick, 

built without scaffolding; completed 25 Nov., 1828 

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Corner-stone of the Baltimore & Susquehanna Railroad (later North- 
ern Central R. R.) laid, and centennial of Baltimore cele- 

brated 8 Aug., 1829 

First public school opened 24 Sept., 1829 

Old Baltimore Museum, northwest corner Baltimore and Calvert 

streets, opened 1 Jan., 1 830 

Building sold (o B. & O. R. R. March, 1874. 
First steam car was run on the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. on. .28 Aug., 1830 

Epidemic of cholera July-Sept., 1832 

Charles Carroll of CarroUfon, the last survivor of the signers of the 

Declaration of Independence, aged 95, dies at Baltimore 

14 Nov., 1832 

Bank of Maryland fails 24 March, 1834 

Baltimore & Washington Railroad was opened 25 Aug., 1834 

Riot, growing out of failure of Bank of Maryland Aug., 1835 

First issue of the Baltimore Sun 17 May, 1837 

Sudden freshet in Jones Falls; 19 lives lost; Harrison and Frederick 

streets 10 feet under water 14 July, 1837 

City of Kingston, first steam vessel from Baltimore to Europe direct, 

leaves port 20 May, 1 838 

Baltimore Academy of Visitation opened 1837; chartered 1838 

Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, the first of dental colleges, and 
for many years the only dental college in the world, was 

chartered 1 839 

Greenmount Cemetery dedicated 13 July, 1839 

Mercantile Library Association organized 14 Nov., 1839 

St. Vincent de Paul's Church, corner-stone laid by Archbishop 

Eccleston, 21 May, 1840; dedicated 7 Nov., 1841 

Explosion of steamer Medora, just about to start on her trial excur- 
sion; 27 killed, 40 wounded 15 April, 1842 

Adams Express Co. was established in Baltimore 1843 

Historical Society of Maryland organized; Gen. John Spear Smith, 

first president 27 Jan., 1844 

Omnibus line established May, 1 844 

Magnetic telegraph from Washington city to Mt. Clare Depot, Pop- 
pleton and Pratt streets, B. & O. R. R., wires covered with rope- 
yarn and tar, completed; first communication, "What hath God 

wrought ! " received 27 May, 1 844 

Corner-stone of St. Alphonsus' Church laid, 1 May, 1842; church 

dedicated 14 March, 1845 

Maryland Institute for the promotion of the mechanics' arts or- 
ganized 12 Jan., 1 843 

Fire destroys 60 dwellings, breaking out in a cotton factory in Lex- 
ington street, near Fremont 28 May, 1843 

Howard Athenaeum and Gallery of Art, northeast corner Baltimore 

and Charles streets, opened as a theater 12 June, 1843 

Baltimore Athenaeum opened and edifice inaugurated 23 Oct., 1848 

Baltimore Female College opened 1848; chartered 1849 

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Edgar Allan Poe dies In Baltimore, aged 40 years 7 Oct., 

Jennie Lind arrives in Baltimore. (J. H. Whitehurst, "daguerreo- 

typist," bids $100 for first choice of seats at her first concert). . 

8 Dec, 

Corner-stone of Maryland Institute, Baltimore street and Marsh 

Market Space, laid March 13, 1851 ; the building was opened. . 

20 Oct., 

Building destroyed in fire of 1904; new one (Center 
Market) erected, near same site, 1907. 

Reception to Louis Kossuth 27 Dec, 

Loyola College, Calvert street, near Madison, opened 15 Sept., 

Remains of Junius Brutus Booth, tragedian, arrived in Baltimore, his 

home, from Louisville, Ky., where he died 2 Dec 9 Dec, 

Loudon Park Cemetery dedicated 14 July, 

Maryland School for the Blind opened 

Baltimore Orphan Asylum, Strieker street, near Saratoga, opened.. 

10 Nov., 

Excursion train returning to Baltimore from Rider's Grove collides 
with accommodation train from Baltimore, near the Relay House; 

over 30 killed and about 100 injured 4 July, 

Water-works purchased by the city 

Trial of a steam fire-engine, the "Miles Greenwood," built at Cincin- 
nati for the corporation of Boston; the first seen m Baltimore. . 

2 Feb., 

Erection of the new First Presbyterian Church, corner Madison street 

and Park avenue, begun July, 

Melee among the firemen; 2 killed; many injured . 18 Aug., 

St. Paul's P. E. Church burned, 29 April, 1854; rebuilt and dedicated 

10 Jan., 

Battle between Rip Rap Club and the New Market Fire Company ; 

many wounded; city election dispute 8 Oct., 

Election not; Democrats and Know-nothings 4 Nov., 

Disastrous fire, 37-41 South Charles street; 14 persons killed by a 

falling wall 14 April, 

Strike on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and encounter between the 

militia and rioters 29 April-2 May, 

Banks suspend specie payment 28 Sept., 

Maryland Club incorporated 24 Feb., 

Clearing-house established 8 March, 

Steam fire-engine, the "Alpha," the first owned by the Baltimore 

Fire Department, arrives in the city 18 May, 

Flood almost as destructive as that of 1837 occurs 12 June, 

Ordinance passed for a partial paid city fire department Sept., 

Reform Association organized at a mass-meeting in Monument 

Square 8 Sept., 

Peabody Institute, endowed by George Peabody with $1,300,000, 
1857; incorporated 9 March, 1858; corner-stone laid. .16 April, 
Police and fire-alarm telegraph adopted June, 1858; first put in opera- 
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First car placed on the City Passenger Railway on Broadway, and 

line opened 27 Oct., 1859 

Baltimore police force placed under State control 2 Feb., I860 

Reception to Japanese Ambassadors, guests of the United States 

Government 8 June, 1 860 

Druid Hill Park, purchased by the city in September, 1860, opened. . 

19 Oct., 1860 

Attack upon the Sixth Massachusetts and Seventh Pennsylvania 
Regiments while attempting to pass through the city to Wash- 
ington; 12 citizens and 3 soldiers killed; 23 soldiers and several 

citizens wounded 19 April, 1 861 

Note: — Seventh Pennsylvania Regiment sent back from 
President Street Depot in direction of Philadelphia. 

Scharf says: Citizens killed, 12; soldiers, 4; citizens 
wounded, 4; soldiers, many. 

Colonel Jones of Sixth Massachusetts: Soldiers killed, 3. 
Mayor G. W. Brown: Soldiers killed, 4; citizens killed, 
12; soldiers wounded, 36. — W. F. C. 

Gen. B. F. Butler takes military possession 13 May, 1861 

Thomas Wildey, the "Father of Odd-Fellowship in the U. S.," dies 

in Baltimore, aged 80 years 19 Oct., 1861 

Corner-stone of St. Martin's Roman Catholic Church, southeast 

corner Fulton avenue and Fayette street, laid 9 July, 1865 

The Wildey Monument, erected by the Odd-Fellows, corner-stone 

laid 26 April, 1865, is dedicated 20 Sept., 1865 

Southern Relief Fair, in aid of the sufFering poor of Southern Stales, 
held at the hall of the Maryland Institute; receipts, $164,569.97 

2-13 April, 1866 

Maryland State Normal School opened 1866 

Dedication of the Peabody Institute 25 Oct., 1866 

Corner-stone of Masonic Temple, North Charles street, laid 20 Nov., 1866 

Corner-stone of new City Hall laid 18 Oct., 1867 

Excessive heat; thermometer 97 to 101 in the shade; 30 cases of sun- 
stroke; 21 fatal 16 July, 1863 

Most disastrous flood on record. A street car floats down Harrison 
street; the water reaches to the second story of buildmgs, and most 
of the bridges over Jones Falls, including the heavy iron bridge 

at Fayette street, are swept away 24 July, 1863 

Maryland Institution for the Blind, on North avenue, near Guilford 

(removed to Parkton, 1910), dedicated 20 Nov., 1868 

Corner-stone of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church 

laid 26 Sept., 1869 

Ford's Grand Opera House inaugurated. Shakespeare's "As You 

Like It, " the opening play 3 Oct., 1871 

Third National Bank robbed between banking hours, Saturday and 

Monday; loss over $220,000 17-19 Aug., 1872 

Initial number of the Evening News 4 Nov., 1872 

Thermometer 10 below zero night of 29 Jan., 1873 

Church of the Ascension, Protestant Episcopal, destroyed by fire. . 

12 May, 1873 

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Baltimore and Potomac tunnel, about l|/2 miles in length, begun 
June, 1871, and first passenger tram passed through to Calvert 

Station 29 June, 1873 

Union Railroad tunnel (Greenmount avenue to Bond street) begun 

May, 1871 ; completed June, 1873, and first train through 

24 July, 1873 

Most extensive fire to date (1873) in the city breaks out in a planing- 
mill on Park and Clay streets; 113 buildings destroyed, including 
2 churches, 3 schoolhouses; loss $750,000 25 July, 1873 

John Hopkins dies, aged 79 24 Dec, 1873 

Morning Herald established 1875 

City Hall completed 1 875 

Monument to Edgar Allan Poe (Weslmmsler Presbyterian Church- 
yard) unveiled 17 Nov., 1 875 

Johns Hopkms University incorporated 24 August, 1867; endowed 

by its founder with $3,000,0000; is opened 1876 

Following a strike on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, on the 16th 
noting occurred, and on the 18th troops were sent to Martins- 
burg — the President having issued a warning proclamation to the 
rioters. This was succeeded by strikes and riots on most of the 
leading railroads in the United States, accompanied by immense 
destruction of railroad property and freight. The riots were 
quelled by troops with considerable loss of life. On the 20th a 
not occurred at the Sixth Regiment Armory, in Baltimore, in 
which eleven persons were killed and several wounded. The 
occasion was the movement of the regiment to assist in quelling 
the railroad rioters. The trouble continued until the end of the 
month before they were quieted, and on the 30lh railroad travel 
was partially resumed July, 1 873 

150ih anniversary of the foundation of the city celebrated 10-15 Oct., 1880 

Over 65 excursionists, principally from Baltimore, drowned by the 

giving way of the pier at Tivoli 23 July, 1883 

Enoch Pratt Free Library, founded by Enoch Pratt, with $1,250,000 

in 1882, formally opened to the public 5 Jan., 1886 

Great fire in Hopkins Place; loss $2,000,000; 7 firemen killed and 

6 injured 2 Sept., 1 888 

Asylum for Feeble-minded Children opened Jan., 1889 

The Johns Hopkins Hospital, endowed with $3,500,000, opened.... 

7 May, 1889 

Six days' celebration of 75th anniversary of the defense of the city, 

begun 9 Sept., 1889 

22 persons rescued from the wrecked steamship "Astoria" landed at 

Baltimore by the steamship "Decatur H. Miller" 31 Aug., 1893 

Panic during Yiddish performance at Front Street Theater; 23 per- 
sons killed; others injured 27 Dec, 1895 

Governor Lowndes approved the act of the General Assembly, 

granting a new charter to the City of Baltimore 24 March, 1898 

Great fire, which traversed 140 acres and destroyed 86 blocks in the 
heart of the city. Loss variously estimated, possibly about 
$125,000,000 7-8 Feb., 1904 

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begun 10 Sept., 1906 

Y. M. C. A. building fund of $500,000 completed 13 Nov., 1906 

New Custom-house opened 2 Dec, 1907 

Maryland Home Coming. The event was celebrated in Baltimore 
by parades and various official functions and festive demonstra- 
tions 13-19 Oct., 1907 

New building of Maryland Institute, School of Art and Design, on 

Baltimore street and Market Space, dedicated 26 Nov., 1907 

William Pmkney Whyte, who had been Stale Comptroller, Mayor of 
Baltimore, Governor of Maryland, U. S. Senator and leading 

member of the Bar, died, aged 83 17 March, 1908 

The Methodist Episcopal General Conference met in Baltimore.... 

6 May, 1903 

New building Maryland Institute, Mt. Royal avenue and Lanvale 

street, dedicated 23 Nov., 1908 

New building of Walters Art Gallery (containing the finest private 

collection of paintings in America) opened 3 Feb., 1909 

Electric current, generated at McCall Ferry, Susquehanna River, 

introduced in Baltimore 14 Oct., 1910 

F. C. Lalrobe (seven times Mayor of Baltimore City) died. . 18 Jan., 191 1 

Ashburton Reservoir placed in service 18 Jan., 1911 

John M. Hood Memorial unveiled 11 May, 191 1 

Key Monument unveiled 15 May, 191 1 

Celebration of 50lh anniversary of the ordination of Cardinal Gibbons 
and the 25lh anniversary of his elevation to the rank of Cardinal 

6 June, 1911 

S. S. "Friedrich Wilhelm," largest steamship to visit port, Baltimore 

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Baltimore's splendid water front offers unexcelled opportunities for all manner 
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Amusements • . . , = 93 

Annex, Street Development in. .......... 11 

Aquatic Sports <. • 93, 125 

Armory, Fifth Maryland Regiment .38, 40 



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Baltimore Burnt District — 1904-191 1 Frontispiece II 

Baltimore Harbor 24, 61 

Baltimore History 1 03 to 1 23 

Baltimore in 1 752 Frontispiece II 

Baltimore and Vicinity (map) 3 

Banks 57 

Baths, Public 34, 35 

Boat Lake, Druid Hill Park 4 

Buildings, Industrial 57 

Buildings, Public 6, 8. 10, 18, 19 

Burnt District Commission 9 



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Canning and Preserving 49 

Chamber of Commerce 23, 63 

City College 36 

City Government 7 to 41 

City Hall 6 

City Plan, Commission on 19 

Civic Centre Frontispiece I and 1 9 

Climate 91 

Clothing, Manufacture of 49 

Coal 73 

Coal Piers 72 

Commerce and Transportation 59 to 71 

Commercial Influence, Sphere of (map) 64a 

Convention Hall (Pifth Regiment Armory) 38, 40 

Conservatory — Druid Hill Park 30 

Copper Refining 49 

Court House 8 

Custom House, United States 18 

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Dam at Loch Raven (Gunpowder River) — Water Supply 16 

Dam at McCall Ferry. . . .". 52, 53 

"Deluge" — Fireboat 45 

Docks and Piers 9, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 42, 48, 50, 60, 

62, 63, 64, 72. 74 

Druid HiH Park. 4, 26, 27, 30, 31 

Drydock "Dewey" 46 

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Eastern Female High School 36 

Educational II , 36, 37, 89 

Electric Conduit System II 

Electric Power 53 

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Factory Site Commission 23, 25 

Fertilizers 49 

Fifth Maryland Regiment Armory 38, 40 

Financial Institutions 56, 57 

Fireboat "Deluge" 45 

Fire Department II, 39 

Fire of 1 904 Frontispiece . II, 7, 9 

Food Supply 85 

Fort McHenry 35. 61 

Freight Rates 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 

Freight Sheds 44 

Freight Yard (Locust Point) 53 

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Girls' High School ^ 36, 37 

Goucher College (Woman's College) 89, 90 

Grain Elevators 44, 62, 63, 64 

Grain. Freight Rates on 63 

Gunpowder River 16, 17 

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Harbor of Baltimore 24, 25, 48, 61, 77 

Hats, Straw 49 

Health 33 

High Schools, Girls' 36, 37 

History of Baltimore 1 03 to 1 23 

Hopkins Hospital, The Johns 88, 89 

Hopkins Mansion. Johns 28 

Hopkins University. The Johns • • ■ • 89 

Hospital for Infectious Diseases — "Sydenham" 33 

Hotels 91 

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Immigration Pier 74 

Industrial Buildings 37 

Industrial and Trade Organizations 45 

Industries of Baltimore 47 to 51 

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Jobbing Centre 59 

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Labor 55 

Lake Roland 17 

Library, Enoch Pratt Free 89, 92 

Light Street Wharf 50, 60 

Living Conditions 79, 81 

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Manufactures 49, 51 

Market Place 21 

Markets 21,82,83, 84 

Maryland Electric Railroad 53 

Maryland Institute, School of Art and Design 89, 90 

Maryland Steel Company 46 

Maryland, University of 89, 94 

McCall Ferry 52, 53 

Monuments (See Points of Interest) 26, 86, 112, 114, 120, 122, 124 

Mount Royal Pumping Station 15 

Mount Royal Station (B. & O. R. R.) 76 

Municipal Docks and Piers 9, 20, 21, 22, 25, 42 

Municipal Factory Site Commission 23, 25 

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Parks and Squares, List of 29. 31 

Paving Commission 9 

Peabody Institute 89. 94 

Piers and Docks 9. 20, 21, 22, 24, 25. 42. 48. 50. 60. 

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INDEX — Concluded 

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Pipe Line, High Pressure Fire 11 

Playgrounds 27, 54 

Poe, Tomb of Edgar Allan 1 24 

Points of Interest 95 to 101 

Police Department 11, 41 

Polytechnic Institute , . 37 

Population ; 87 

Postoffice 10 

Preserving and Canning 49 

Public Baths 34, 35 

Public Buildings 6. 8, 10, 18 

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Quarantine Station 33, 93 

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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad .23, 53, 58, 71, 76 

New York Central & Hudson River Railroad 71 

Pennsylvania Railroad (N. C. R.) 23, 62, 71 , 76 

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad 71 

Western Maryland Railway Co. ... 9, 23, 71 , 72 

Revolutionary War Monument 1 22 

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Sewerage System 9, 12, 13, 14, 15 

Schools, Public 1 1 , 36, 37 

Steamship Lines 75, 77 

Straw-hat Industry 49 

Street-car Service 81 

Streets, Paving 9 

Suburbs 78, 80 

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Tax Exemption 73 

Terminal Facilities 58, 62, 63, 64, 71 

Theaters 93 

Trade and Industrial Organizations 45 

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Union Station (Pennsylvania Railroad) 76 

University of Maryland 89, 94 

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Water Supply H. 15, 16, 17 

Wharf, Light Street 50 

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